1698 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1698 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: William III
Events
- Early – William Molyneux publishes The Case of Ireland's being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated.[1]
- Famine in the Scottish Presbyterian migration from Scotland to Ulster.
- The Lord Mayor of Dublin's gold chain of office is presented by King William III to Dublin Corporation.
- Teague Land: or A Merry Ramble to the Wild Irish.
- John Hopkins publishes the poem The Triumphs of Peace, or the Glories of Nassau … written at the time of his Grace the Duke of Ormond's entrance into Dublin.
Births
- June 15 – George Browne, soldier of fortune, general in the Russian army (d. 1792)
- Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1748)
Deaths
- January 15 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, cavalier and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b. 1612)
- January – Dáibhí Ó Bruadair, poet (b. 1625)
- October 11 – William Molyneux, natural philosopher and writer, founded the Dublin Philosophical Society (b. 1656)
References
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